Academic Calendar for Spring 2015

Please note that the academic calendar dates are subject to change.
Description Date Additional Info
Spring registration period for continuing students November 17 - January 19  
Friday Last day to apply for spring admission January 9  
Sunday Residence halls open (tentative) January 11  
Monday-Friday Orientation and registration period for first-time freshmen and new transfer students January 12 - January 16  
Friday Last day to pay tuition and fees without a late fee January 16  
Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday January 19  
Tuesday CLASSES BEGIN January 20  
Tuesday-Friday Change of program period January 20 - January 23  
Last day to drop classes or withdraw from school with grades of W February 2  
Monday TWELFTH CLASS DAY February 2  
Friday Last day to file for May graduation February 6  
Wednesday TWENTIETH CLASS DAY February 11  
Last day to pay tuition and fees with a late fee February 11  
Purge of all unpaid course selections February 11  
Monday Second installment payment due February 16  
PRESIDENTS’ DAY holiday February 16  
Saturday-Friday MID-SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS March 7 - March 13  
Saturday-Friday Spring vacation March 14 - March 20  
Monday Third installment payment due March 16  
Classes Resume March 21  
Thursday Honors Day April 2  
Friday - Good Friday holiday April 3  
Saturday-Classes Resume April 4  
Friday Last day to drop classes or withdraw from school with grades of W April 10  
Wednesday Fourth installment payment due April 15  
Friday Last day of classes May 8  
Saturday-Friday FINAL EXAMINATIONS May 9 - May 15  
Friday Official closing of semester May 15  
Saturday Commencement Exercises, 9:30 a.m. May 16